New funding brings the City’s direct support for small businesses to $38.7 million and for rental assistance to $39.4 million since start of the pandemic.
During the culminating session of weeklong Forum on Justice & Opportunity convened by Episcopal Community Services, leaders incuding Philanthropy Network prewsident Sidney Hargro shared their thoughts on our next steps for collective action that can provide racial equity during the economic recovery.
Co-written by Josh Maxwell, Vice Chair of the Chester County Board of Commissioners, and Michelle Legaspi Sanchez, Executive Director of the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls
The Chester County Commissioners approved the allocation of $3.5 million to help Chester County nonprofits recover from the impact of COVID-19. The Restore Chester County: Nonprofit Innovation & Resiliency Fund will be administered by the Chester County Community Foundation.
Developed by the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania and Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia with support from William Penn and Lenfest Foundations, the dashboard is one of the first efforts to collect grants data from numerous pooled giving funds and share it publicly, mapped against demographic and economic data.
The PHL COVID-19 Fund announced it will grant over $400,000 in its 8th round of funding to aid 23 area nonprofits working to support the safe reopening of communities.
Funding will address needs exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenges faced by working mothers, but it has also provided an opportunity to not only address longstanding inequities but to strive for healing and change of systems that have consistently put women at a disadvantage.
The VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn distributed $135,000 in general operating grants through the first round of its North Penn Unity Grant program, designed to help nonprofit partners better cope with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In light of Independence Public Media's recent Community Voices Fund grants, program officer Nuala Cabral reflects on the role of media and philanthropy in supporting movements that challenge oppressive systems without co-opting or containing them.
